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prophets

Meaning of “prophets”

Persons who prophesy or are called prophets.

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239 occurrences227 verses34 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Numbers 11:29

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Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 5:12 · retained source text

Reioyce, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heauen: For so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you.

Matthew 5:17
¶ Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 5:17 · retained source text

¶ Thinke not that I am come to destroy the lawe or the Prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 7:12 · retained source text

Therefore all things whatsoeuer ye would that men should doe to you, doe ye euen so to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets.

1611 marginal noteLuk. 6.31.

Matthew 7:15
¶ Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
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1611 witness · Matthew 7:15 · retained source text

¶ Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheepes clothing, but inwardly they are rauening wolues.

Matthew 11:13
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 11:13 · retained source text

For all the Prophets, and the Law prophecied vntill Iohn.

Matthew 13:17
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 13:17 · retained source text

For verely I say vnto you, that many Prophets, and righteous men haue desired to see those things which yee see, and haue not seene them: and to heare those things which ye heare, and haue not heard them.

1611 marginal noteLuke 10.24.

Matthew 16:14
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 16:14 · retained source text

And they said, Some say that thou art Iohn the Baptist, some Elias, and others Ieremias, or one of y e Prophets.

Matthew 23:29
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 23:29 · retained source text

Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye build the tombes of the Prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

Matthew 23:30
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 23:30 · retained source text

And say, If wee had beene in the dayes of our fathers, wee would not haue bene partakers with them in the blood of the Prophets.

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